The average prison sentence of men who kill their female partners is two to six years and women who kill their male partners are sentenced on average to fifteen years, despite the fact that they did it in self defense (Talvi inthesetimes.com). ... Violence in the family is usually passed down from generation to generation (kakar 22). ... In most cultures still today women are responsible for the family life and nurturing the family. Women have always been socialized; conditioned, and trained to take the responsibility for making sure everyone is the family is taken care of (Kakar 26-29). ... ...

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According to statistics, the average complication risk during an abortion is under 1%. The death rate is, on average, about 7 per each million procedures. ... There is also the issue of families on welfare and victims of physical abuse. ... Women of families on welfare might also choose abortion. ... If a family feels strongly that at that point in their lives they could not care for a child then the option of abortion should be given to them. ...

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According to IAGD.Net, the average American watches over 4 hours of TV a day. ... Shows that portray the perfect family, such as "Leave It To Beaver" and "The Brady Bunch," leave viewers with a feeling emptiness if their own family does not meet the standards of the make-believe "Hi honey, I"m home" families of television. These shows falsely represent how the normal American family should look, act, and be like. ... Brady resolves each problem within the family by the end of each 30-minute episode. ...

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From the "Media and the Family" web site, I found a very scary statistic. It said that by the time an average child, who watches two to four hours of TV per day, finishes elementary school, they will have witnessed 8000 murders and over 100 000 other acts of violence on TV. ...

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The Comparison of Sexual and Violent Offenders There are very evident differences between the average sexual offender and the average violent offender, but there are also several similarities between the two. ... Journal of Family Violence, 9, 357-369. ...

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Programs containing violence are shown throughout an average day. ... "Children who view shows in which violence is very realistic, frequently repeated or left unpunished, are more likely to imitate what they see." (1) The effect of T.V. violence may show immediately in a child's behavior or may become known years later, and youth can be affected even when the family environment doesn't display violence. ...

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The officers surveyed ranked drugs, the decline of family values, and the combination of light prison sentences and early release programs as the top three reasons for the nations upsurge in violent crime. ... Guns kept in the home are 43 times more likely to kill a family member, friend or acquaintance than an intruder. ... On the average, one man, woman, or child is killed or wounded by a gun every two and a half minutes in the United States alone. ...

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In Canada, the average child will have been subjected to more than 12,000 acts of violence through media by the time they reach the age of twelve (Vivian & Maurin, 292). Even more stunning, by eighteen, the average American child will have witnessed about 200,000 acts of violence on television alone (Media Violence, 53). ...

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In the United States children watch an average of three to four hours of television daily (Cantor & Wilson, 28). ... While visiting family in California, my two nephews kicked me as I walked in to the living room where they had been watching television, and they just laughed about it. ...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun ca...

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